Button



(No Model.)

H, C. GRIGGS.

BUTTON. No. 325,407. Patented Sept. l, 1885.

N, PETERS. PhaiD-Ulhogmpher. Wihngivn. 9.0v

llNiTEn STATES PATENT @Errea HENRY C. GRTGGS, OF llfTAllllR-BURY, CONNECTICUT.

BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 325,407, dated September l, 1895.

.Application filed July G, 1885. `(Nn model.)

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY G. Gnieos, of Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new lmproveinent in Buttons, and I do herebyr declare the following, when taken in connection with accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in-

Figure l, a face View of the button complete; Fig. 2, a perspective View of the outer disk; Fig. 3, a perspective View of the filling; Fig. 4, a perspective View ofthe back or rear disk; Fig. 5, the blank for the bar, showing the two ends as bent from the body preparatory to introduction tothe button; Fig. 6, the three parts of the button set togcth er preparatory t striking, Fig. 7 a diametrical section through the blank, showing the blank as having been struck to shape the face; Fig. 8, the same as Fig. 7, having the central opening and the periorations formed therein; Fig. 9, the saine central section, showing the button finished; Figs. l0 and lll similar sections in a modified forni.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of buttons for wearing-apparel commonly called suspender-buttons,i and particularly to thatclass in which the button is constructed with a central opening through it, and a bar across the opening, around which the stitches are taken to secure the button, commonly called barbuttonsf rlhis class of buttons are usually made from two disks of metal, one forming the front and the other the back. rlhe bar has been made as a part ot' one ol' the disks, and termed in making the opening through that disk, and has also been formed as a part of a third disk introduced between the two disks. It has also y been made from wire arranged diametrically across the opening and supported between the two disks which forni the button.

This` two thicknesses necessitates a space between the two thicknesses equal to the diameter ot' the bar, so that the button is of a clumsy character. Again, the bar, lying as it does between the two disks, exposes the thread to contact with the edges of the hole both above and below the bar, so that there is a constant wear upon the thread, tending to cut it. Again, in closing the two disks upon a bar there is great liability of leaving the barloose between the disks, so that while it may not be displaced from its central position the button itselt` will seem to be loose in its connee tion and presents an objectionable feature to this class of buttons.

The object of my invention is. to construct the bar-button so that it will be little, if any, thicker than the common twodisk button, and so that the bar itself shall be [irinaud rigid in its connection with the button, and shall be entirely outside the opening through the button; and it consists in the construction of the button as hereinafter described, and more particularly recited in the claims.

A represents the outside or face disk, which is cut from inet-al, and with a ilange, c., around its edge, making it in inverted-cup shape. B is the second disk or back, also cut from sheet metal, and preferably flat-that is, without a tlange-its diameter corresponding to the internal diameter ofthe disk A. n

C is a third disk, cut from paper or pasteboard, and which forms the illing. These parts are substantially' the saine as for a coinnion metal pierced button. rlhe three parts are set together as secu in Fig. li-the lining iirst placed in the outer disk, then the disk B upon that, the depth ot' the liange a on the disk A being sutlicient to project beyond the disk B, as seen in Fig. (i. rlhus arranged, the three parts are placed in dies and struck into shape seen in Fig. 7, which is that of a common metal button, such as are usually pierced or perfo rated with several holes at the center, through which the stitches are to be made. rlhe blank thus prepared is then pierced at the center with a single central opening, b, (see Fig. 8,) land at the saine time two pert'oiations, d d, are nia-de through the body ofthe button dialnetrically opposite each other. in forming the IOO 'strike the parts, setting the end portions of which I have described may be materially central opening, b, the metal of the two disks are both turned inward, so as to form a rounded finished surface at the edge of the opening, as seen in Fig. 8. The blank for the bar D is made as seen in Fig. 5. It is cut from wire of suitable size, its two ends, c e, turned downward at substantially right angles to the bar, the two ends corresponding to the openings d cl in the body of the button. The bar is set into place in the button, its two ends extending th rough the openings d d, as seen in broken lines, Fig. 8, the body of the bar resting upon the face of the button, and over the central opening. The blank with the bar thus arranged is then placed in suitable dies, which the bar down flush with the surface of the body of the button, as seen in Figs. 1 and 9, the operation riveting the ends of the bar upon the reverse side, thus firmly securing the bar to the button, and preferably the central portion of the bar is bent downward into the opening, as atf, Fig. 9.

In the formation of the button I prefer to make a bead, g, around the edge, and a second bead, 71., concentric with it, a little distance from the central opening, b, and throwing the face of the button between the bead h and the central opening downward, so as to form a central cavity in the face of the button around the opening, and a corresponding pro- Iiection upon the back--a common shape for the face and back of the button.

rlhe end portions of the bar are struck down so as to intersect the central bead, 71, and lie flush with the surface between the two beads, and receive the same ornamentation as the surface, as seen in Fig. l, so that on the face of the button the bar appears to be substantially a part ot' the disk, extending from the inner bead, l1., at one side, diametrically across the opening to the same bead upon the opposite side.

By bending the bar down into the opening at the center the stitches by which the button is secured naturally nd the depressed central portion of the bar at the center of the opening, and any strain upon the button will tend to throw the stitches to this point, should they from any cause be located at one side of the opening. This depression, therefore, centers the stitches in the opening and prevents their contact with the sides of the opening, and the consequent wear thereby; but because of the rounded iinished shape given to the side of the opening there is little liability of wear upon the thread. By thus applying the bar upon the outside ofthe button it is firmly secured in place, permits the entire closing of the space between the two disks around the opening, greatly strengthens the button, and enables me to produce the button no thicker than a common pierced button.

In the method of manufacture the steps changed without departing from my invention, the steps in the manufacture themselves constituting no part of my invention-that is to say, for illustration, the central opening and the perforations for the ends of the bar may be made in the operation of closing the disks, instead of an independent operation,as Ihave described.

While I prefer to employ a filling in the button, as it enables me to more easily shape the but-ton with the bar therein, the lliiig may be omitted and the two disks simply employed. The striking operation will bring the bai' into a shape to correspond to the face of the buttOn,Whether the filling be employed or not; but such filling is common in the manufacture of buttons. The rear disk may also be omitted and the button made from a single disk, as seen in Fig. 10, the bar introduced through openings in the single disk, as indicated in that gure, the bar being struck and secured in the shaping and finishing of the face of the button; or the bar may be set through the rear disk, as seen in Fig. 11, and then struck to shape. In the latter construction the iirm securing of the bar by the ri'veting operation will be retained, but will not possess the advantages of the arrangement of thebar upon the outside of the button.

IVhile I prefer to round the edge of the opening by turning the edge of the face and ba ck inward,the center may be simply pierced without such iinishing of the edge of the opening, as the bent bar concentrates the thread at the center and supports the button without material contact between the sides of the opening and the stitches.

I claiml. A barbutton having a central opening or perforatiomand having the bar made from a piece of wire, its two ends turned through openings in the button-blank, the ends riveted down to secure the bar, substantially -as described.

2. A bar-buttoii composed of two disks of i metal with a central opening, and with perforations through the body of the button at diametricallyopposite points, a bar made from wire having its two ends turned from the body of the bar and corresponding to the perforations in the body of the button and struck onto the face of the button, whereby the Said ends are riveted and secured, substantially as described.

3. A bar-button composed of two disksv of metal with a iilling between, a central opening through the button, the edges of the two disks turned inward toward each other around the edge of the opening, the body of the button perforated at diametrically opposite points, the bar made from wire, its two ends turned from the body of the bar and corresponding to the said perforations in the body of the button, the said ends inserted through said perforations and so as to bring the bar upon the face of the button, the bar struck down upon the face of the button, with the IOO IIO

ends riveted upon the reverse side of the bntverse side, the central portion of the bar bent ton, substantially as described. down into the central opening, substantial! y 4. A bar-button having a central opening, as described. b, and perforated at diametrically opposite HENRY C. GRIGGS. 5 point-s, a bar made from Wire, its two ends Ttnessesz inserted through said perforations on theface CHAS. W. GILLETTE, side of the but-ton and riveted upon the re- EDWARD H. BELDEN. 

